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About Me

I write horror novels, short stories and screen plays, and am in the infancy stage of starting an independent film company. I was born in St. Louis in 1967. I am the author of the novels A DARKNESS INBRED and BOOK OF LEGION, have appeared in horror anthologies such as SEX CRIMES, and was editor for the critically-acclaimed ASYLUM ANTHOLOGY SERIES. I have been nominated for the British Fantasy Award (Best Anthology '99 - The Asylum Vol 1), have been on the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Award multiple times (Best Anthology '99 - The Asylum Vol 1; Best First Novel '2000 - A Darkness Inbred; Best Anthology '02 - The Asylum Vol 2); and THE ASYLUM was mentioned in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror - Vol(s) 13 and 16, and the Mammoth Book of New Horror - Vol(s) 13 and 15.

I have worked for several companies as a Systems Engineer including the U.S. Dept(s) of Treasury, Defense and Energy. In the distant past I was the top-grossing salesman for Sprint Corp in the United States in 1989, and I have been the Exclusive Properties Rep for a hotel company's five-star properties including The Watergate in D.C.. In addition to being a novelist, editor, and making films, I am also a graphic designer, illustrator, have written PC game reviews, and am a professional smart ass.

NEWS BULLETIN

I am playing a bit part on the film WATCH OUT, directed by Steve Balderson.
I was on the Lou Gentile Show, live from Philadelphia PA, on September 25th, 2006 at 8PM EST, talking with Lou about my book A Darkness Inbred. You can still listen to the archived show that was simulcast on the web, by visiting Lou at www.lougentile.com , navigate about half way down the page and look for my real name (David Nordhaus) under the free audio archives section.

"Crazy people tend to choose creative jobs, and the most consistently off kilter are poets. To be more precise: nearly 9 out of 10 poets surveyed have had diagnosable mental disorders. The crazy runners-up: fiction writers at 77%." Professor Arnold Ludwig, M.D., author Method and Madness in the Arts and Sciences

My Only 'Wee' Disclaimer: I do my best to reply to emails, although I may be slow on the response time. Unfortunately I don't get back to too many people with regards to the comments left here. I more or less view the comments section as a graffiti wall anyway, although I DO appreciate comments. Also, and its not because I'm being an ass, but there are only a couple kinds of comments I don't accept - those that are SO OVERLY HUGE that they actually reformat the table layout of my page, and those with actual pornographic stuff in em. As you were. MANAGEMENT

Random Reviews Of Victor's Books - -----------------------------------------------------------P raise for BOOK OF LEGION

"Disturbing as Hell!" J.F. Gonzalez, author of Beloved and Survivor"In Book of Legion, Victor Heck takes us down to Hell, then raises Hell up to earth. Apocalyptic and uncompromising, this is horror without boundaries or restraint." Garrett Peck, co-editor of Tooth and Claw"Book of Legion is one of the best stories I've read this year. ...the most brutal thing I have read since J.F. Gonzalez's Survivor." Dennis Duncan - for Amazon.com -----------------------------------------------------------P raise for BIRTHDAY BOX (in SEX CRIMES)

"'Birthday Box' by Victor Heck is a quick little ditty about aâ€¦thingâ€¦trapped in a box at the local watering hole, whose only source of nutrition is the life-giving discharge of the local patrons. It's very disgusting from start to finish, but when you discover the real identity of the 'thing' in question, you'll probably think twice about anonymous blowjobs for the rest of your life. If, that is, you ever think about it at all." Johnny Butane, excerpt from review of Sex Crimes for The Creature Corner"Birthday Box was so disturbing I was honestly upset by it and just sat there pondering the horror of it. Thinking of it too much still makes me a little nauseous." Ron Cunningham, excerpt from review of Sex Crimes for HorrorWatch.com

My Interests

Horror movies, Horror books, Kansas City Wizards, Soccer, Anxiety, Mental Health, Techno, House, Trance, Ambient, Photoshops, Drinking heavily, passing out naked in public restrooms.

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Music:

I'm very into Electronica, Ambient and Techno music...one might say I am 'obsessed' with it. To the point of not having turned on my tv in, Christ, almost 4 months at the time I write this. Tangerine Dream, Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, Orbital, Robert Fripp, Underworld, Death In Vegas, Air, but also rave/dance music by Paul Oakenfold, DJ Sasha, and multitudinous others; pretty much anything that comes out of Ibiza these days...I have a sizable, and ever-increasing collection of CDs, and gigs of music on my computers.

Books:

..Novels/Anthologies/Collections I have edited, or contributed stories to:
Info on the novels:

ADARKNESS INBRED , by Victor Heck.
Cover Art/Design: Zack Venable

Victor Heck's novel A Darkness Inbred appeared in 2001, entering an otherwise quiet horrorscene like a hurricane. Praised heavily by readers and critics alike as an incredibly strong debut appearance, it wasreviewed everywhere from Dark Realms to Fangoria with words such as 'brilliant', 'sinister', 'twisted', and 'ghoulish'. Abizarre 'what-if' story where one of H.P. Lovecraft's immortal creations is updated to present day and finds itselfworshipped as Christ's second-coming by a deformed family of ignorant hill people.

If God came from the grave. . .In 1993, the year of the Great Missouri Flood, a small town called Hardin was completelysubmerged. Buildings, cars, people. . .entire lives and family histories erased in a matter of days. However, it wasn'tjust the living that suffered, but also the dead, as the cemetery's occupants were washed free from their graves as well.. .along with something else, long forgotten, from an older cemetery underneath the newer one.
BOOKOF LEGION , by Victor Heck.
Cover Art/Design: Ron Leming

Legion, a Demon stripped of his identity millenia ago and forced to walk the Earth for alleternity without a name and without even his own body, has just been reminded who he really is.

As Lucifer once began a war with Heaven, so now does Legion...with Hell. Legion wishes toturn Earth into another Kingdom of Darkness where he reigns supreme. Now able to wield his once 'punishment' turned'ability' of leaping into mortal bodies, he escapes from Eternal Damnation inside the body of an emotionally-unstablemental patient. By corrupting a well-known television Evangelist, and revealing himself to thousands in the Bible Belt ofSouthern Missouri as Christ's Second Coming to gain a foothold, Legion surrounds himself with an army of undead whosesouls feed him. Legion leads the hordes north on a pilgrimage to the nation's capital where he will gain world-widenotoriety, and thereby damn the world to a new Hell under his rule.
Sausage Links The Midnight Library
Publisher of "A Darkness Inbred" and "Book of Legion"Dikenga Films
Director Steve Balderson - Look for 'Watch Out' coming soon.
IMDB.com
Victor on IMDB.com.
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My official page at YouTube.com.Victor's iFilm Page
My official page at iFilm.com.Victor's Filmmaker Page
Eris Film's official page at withoutabox.com.Big Vic's Fark Profile
My bio over at Fark.com.Rule The Seas -
the online MUD game Victor is currently addicted to. Join using this link, then look for my pirate by name.

Heroes:

Random Thoughts and Assorted Very Important Statements

I dig chicks with scars. Not the self-inflicted kind. Marry a woman with tiny hands. Don't pan-fry bacon in the nude. For some reason the word 'poop' amuses me. Jet Jaguar and Johnny Socko are meaningless names to my children. 'InYourEndo' is among my favorite words. I hate the word nougat because it is seemingly without logical origin. You say 'Tomato' I say 'STFU - nobody gives a crap'. Leg gathers are definitely a plus when selecting adult diapers. I want the song 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead' to stop playing in my head. I like peanuts, but I can't sit down and eat like a whole giant freaking bag of them. Family Guy vs Venture Brothers. Tied for causing me to laugh the hardest during a cartoon. Bung.A ridiculous video I found...

My Blog

Fart Jokes and a Brief Hello Again

I've been missing in action for some time lately. Real life caught up with me and I had to take care of some things. I haven't posted a blog in a really long time (it seems) so what better way to star...
Posted by Victor Heck on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:22:00 PST

Cant live with em&cant eat them because theyre made of meat.

Another regurgitated old blog post back from the grave. Enjoy the text version of my rewarmed forty-day-old corned beef and hash. Original Post Date: Monday, September 18, 2006 - 9:15 AM Ever try ...
Posted by Victor Heck on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:38:00 PST

Tawny Kitae...ooooh shit

This blog was originally posted in 2006. Because Myspace rotates old blog entries into oblivion after like 10, and because I write so many of them, I am reposting this one and the next one...also bec...
Posted by Victor Heck on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:05:00 PST

Top Ten People I Really Dont Like A Whole Lot.

I'm not in the best of moods today. And when I'm in a bad mood I find it rehabilitative to find fault in others. So here's my therapeutic list of people I hate. 1. John Kerry John is my le...
Posted by Victor Heck on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:18:00 PST

Vote For Midget Chainsaw Zombie on OurStage...

UPDATE: Ok, this thing is going up and down, so I won't keep posting hourly updates on this thing...but suffice to say that within one hour of posting this blog originally we went from 63rd ranke...
Posted by Victor Heck on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:58:00 PST

Survival Training Exercise I Turned To Cannibalism On Day One

Recently at my day job we did this group training exercise to promote two things - team building and to learn to think logically based on the information given in a specific scenario. You ...
Posted by Victor Heck on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:47:00 PST

Easily The Most IMPORTANT Short Film In Decades...

We finally got the trailer ready for public consumption and it's hosted over at Youtube.com, among some other places. Below you will see an embedded link to the video. Please, if after watching the ...
Posted by Victor Heck on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:21:00 PST

Midget Chainsaw Zombie Wins Kansas Intl Film Fest Award!

Midget Chainsaw Zombie Wins Kansas Intl Film Fest Award! My partners, Bob and Matt, and I attended the Kansas International Film Festival Tuesday night to watch the premiere of Poultrygeist, the ...
Posted by Victor Heck on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:53:00 PST

Kansas Intl Film Festival - Trailer Trash Competition

Update 9/14/2007: Our Press Kit is now available online at www.kansasfilm.com I'm making the rounds with this post, so I thought I'd put it in my blog for a more permanent home. Sorry for the onslaugh...
Posted by Victor Heck on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:04:00 PST

Walt Disney World 2007 Picture Megaganza

Walt Disney World 2007 Picture Megaganza. In June my family and I took a trip to Disney World. My wife and my two step-kids had been there once before, my two kids had been to Disney Lan...
Posted by Victor Heck on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:18:00 PST